# U.S. History trivia quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [October 26, 2007, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091 "2007-10-26T12:09:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2007, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/141 "2007-10-27T23:57:48Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] Incorrect. 57. Where was Theodore Roosevelt born on this day (Oct. 27) in 1858? [/QUOTE] Since no one’s touched this… New York City ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/142 "2007-10-28T00:57:35Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 59. Philadelphia, Miss. (near where the three civil rights workers were kidnapped and murdered in 1964, a la _Mississippi Burning_). [/quote] Correct > [@](#): > > 1. South Carolina, I think. Correct ---
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/143 "2007-10-28T01:35:38Z")
[QUOTE=VarlosZ] It should be pointed out the use of _Sic Semper Tyrannus_ as the state’s motto preceded the Civil War, lest someone get the impression it’s there to needle the Yankees. [/QUOTE] I knew that. The reason I was surprised was because you could see the lightbulb go off over my head, “So _that’s_ why he said it.” ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/144 "2007-10-28T01:52:14Z")
Okay, some [del]easy[/del] fun ones: 1. What year did man first land on the moon? 2. What was the name of the first US Aircraft carrier? 3. Why is that name so ironic? ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/145 "2007-10-28T02:33:46Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Okay, some [del]easy[/del] fun ones: 1. What year did man first land on the moon? [/QUOTE] 1. (I either remember this one or one of the subsequent ones, not sure which, but I _loved_ the toys and remember them well.) Speaking of Teddy Roosevelt, 1. Teddy’s mother, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt, is believed by many literary experts to have been one of the inspirations for what iconic fictional character? 2. Who is the Baby Ruth candy bar named for (and hint: it wasn’t a baseball player)? ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/146 "2007-10-28T02:35:46Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] 1969. (I either remember this one or one of the subsequent ones, not sure which, but I _loved_ the toys and remember them well.) [/QUOTE] Yup. I remember a _Splashdown!_ bath/soap set toy I had that was great fun, myself. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/147 "2007-10-28T02:40:49Z")
Crap! That’s one I coulda answered! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/148 "2007-10-28T02:44:30Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] Yup. I remember a _Splashdown!_ bath/soap set toy I had that was great fun, myself. 😃 [/QUOTE] Yeah! I totally had that one. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/149 "2007-10-28T03:08:56Z")
[QUOTE=Sampiro] 72. Who is the Baby Ruth candy bar named for (and hint: it wasn’t a baseball player)? [/QUOTE] I believe that was named after Grover Cleveland’s new baby? Three of my own: 1. Who was the only president to have been a POW? (Technically, at least.) 2. Who was the first presdent born west of the Mississippi River? 3. Who was the first president to ride in a motorized vehicle. (Hint: He did not know it.) ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/150 "2007-10-28T03:49:36Z")
1. Who was the first presdent born west of the Mississippi River? **Herbert Hoover** ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/151 "2007-10-28T03:52:02Z")
[QUOTE=5 time champ] 74. Who was the first presdent born west of the Mississippi River? **Herbert Hoover** [/QUOTE] Correct, in Iowa. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/152 "2007-10-28T03:55:15Z")
[QUOTE=Governor Quinn] [43.] Henry Cabot Lodge. The answer to #44: Gerald Ford, I believe. [/QUOTE] Both correct. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/153 "2007-10-28T03:56:24Z")
[QUOTE=postcards] [57. re: TR’s birthplace] Since no one’s touched this… New York City [/QUOTE] Correctamundo. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/154 "2007-10-28T03:57:50Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] … 73. Who was the only president to have been a POW? (Technically, at least.) [/QUOTE] While a teenage combatant, Andrew Jackson was briefly a prisoner of the Brits during the American Revolution. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/155 "2007-10-28T04:00:19Z")
[QUOTE=OtakuLoki] … 69) What was the name of the first US Aircraft carrier? 1. Why is that name so ironic? [/QUOTE] 1. USS _Langley_ 2. Samuel Langley was the secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and an early aviation pioneer (and, as such, a fierce rival of the Wright Brothers). He was also the first American aviator to fly off a makeshift platform on a U.S. warship, the USS _Pennsylvania_, but crashed on one of his early flights, IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/156 "2007-10-28T04:05:12Z")
Some more Theodore Roosevelt questions, in honor of his 149th birthday: 1. Who served first as one of Lincoln’s aides, and later as TR’s Secretary of State? 2. What was the highest non-Federal law-enforcement job TR ever held? 3. From what position did he resign to fight in the Spanish-American War? 4. The British ambassador once said humorously of TR, “You must always remember that the President is \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_.” 5. TR attended the funeral of which British king? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/157 "2007-10-28T04:11:22Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] 77. What was the highest non-Federal law-enforcement job TR ever held? 78. From what position did he resign to fight in the Spanish-American War? 1. TR attended the funeral of which British king? [/QUOTE] 2. Police Commissioner of New York City? 3. Secretary of the Navy? Or assistant secretary? 4. King Edward VII. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/158 "2007-10-28T04:13:10Z")
[QUOTE=Elendil’s Heir] While a teenage combatant, Andrew Jackson was briefly a prisoner of the Brits during the American Revolution. [/QUOTE] Correct. But the way I’ve read it, he was about 10 years old and had been scouting for the Revolutionaries when the Brits nabbed him. They held him for a few days, then sent him home. ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/159 "2007-10-28T04:18:12Z")
1. What was the highest non-Federal law-enforcement job TR ever held? **Sheriff of Eire, Co NY?** 2. TR attended the funeral of which British king? **Edward VII** ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091/160 "2007-10-28T04:21:31Z")
[QUOTE=Siam Sam] 77. Police Commissioner of New York City? 78. Secretary of the Navy? Or assistant secretary? 79. King Edward VII. [/QUOTE] Correct as to all three (he was assistant SECNAV). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/u-s-history-trivia-quiz/424091.md?page=9)